Livestock and poultry shows are returning to the Lowndes County Fair that begins Tuesday.

The Commercial Dispatch reports that livestock have been missing from the fair for many years. That changed this year.

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Jane Burns Jordan says area 4-H'ers, who worked all year to prepare their animals for this year's fair, will make a grand return to the Columbus Fairgrounds on Thursday with a poultry and livestock show at 6:30 p.m.

Jordan says bringing livestock back to the fair, beyond the ever-present petting zoo, gives people more to see while giving children the chance to learn something.

Livestock hadn't played a major role in the county fair for years. Farmers had become reluctant to leave expensive animals on display overnight. The fairgrounds' cattle barn had fallen into disrepair.